Making your way through the overwhelming choices of online electric guitar lessons, guitar amplifiers, guitar tuners, metronomes, drum machines, lesson software and recording equipment and all the things you need.... to help you learn to play guitar, can be a challenge and a major frustration to swim through.

Why this site could help speed your progress as a guitarist..

Hi, my name is Roy Barnett. I've been playing guitar since 1974.

So what qualifies me to write this site? Why should you listen to me?

I've been playing guitar and studying what's out there that helps for over 38 years.

Have I Made steady progress?

No, but I have learned about what works and what doesn't. I'm still learning. I'm still working hard to find the answers to learn the guitar faster.

Online electric guitar lessons.

I've seen allot of frustration both with myself (keeping myself on track and motivated) and with the methods that I have tried while striving to learn to play guitar.

Some of them were very good and - most were confusing, incomplete, frustrating and an amazing waste of money.

Finding the time to learn to play guitar can be very challenging. Jobs, family and day to day living takes up most of the people's time so they can't even find the time to practice and get better.

Needless to say, I saw how confusing it can be for a beginner guitarist or even someone's who has dreamed of amazing guitar skills for a long time and never could quite put things together.

Out of all this effort, I have found a few gems.,

A few great tools and techniques that have worked for me and might be the answer for you too.

I'm here to pass these along in the easiest, most understandable way with beginner guitar lessons, reviews, and tips.

These are a few of the things I've discovered about how to learn to play guitar.

1. A consistent guitar practice routine- This is essential, practice does take time so you must be organized and make the best use of your time possible. Consistently concentrating on the top 20% of results producing effort. That's how you get results.

2. Guitar Practice tools - Good news! The tool, you are using now, is the key to rapid and consistent progress. Computer based metronomes, Music slow down software, jam tracks and state of the art recording and playback tools make learning guitar so much easier.

3. Beginner guitar lessons - State of the art multimedia lessons are the fastest and easiest way to learn guitar. You have begun your guitar journey at the very best time in history. I'll be adding reviews of those lessons as the website grows.

If you don't have a guitar that you are happy with, you need one. Your guitar should be your best friend and inspire your best efforts to learn to play guitar.

How do you choose a guitar that is right for you?

Here're some guidelines for finding your perfect guitar.

Pointers on how to..

Buy an acoustic guitar - What makes one guitar sound so much better than another even though they both look really good. Be a smart buyer and avoid potential pitfalls of buying a bad guitar. - It's not just a wood box.

Buy an electric guitar - Most of them look great, but which one is really going to help your make the sounds that you have in mind. - Learn to play guitar on an electric that doesn't have to cost a fortune.

Acoustic travel guitars - How can you learn to play guitar when you don't have one with you? Ever been somewhere and wished you had a way to practice?

Guitar Software Use your computer to speed your progress, master your fretboard, improve your speed, train your ears, learn to improvise on the spot. It can't do the work for you, but it can vastly help you towards your dreams of guitar mastery.

Guitar software (Reviews coming soon)

Do I have all the answers?

No...tell me who does?

But I believe I can share some insights to help you find the online guitar lessons, guitar software and practice tools to help you develop the guitar skills that you need to be a successful, impressive guitar guy or gal.

So welcome to Guitar-Skill-Builder.com. Have a look around.Share it with your friends that want to learn guitar.

Expect more beginner guitar lessons and Online electric guitar lessons on this site soon, I'll be working hard on it.

The reviews of online guitar lessons take time so please check back often.